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Philip of Novato CA (01/02/09)
I had a Gold Membership with Classmates.com which was scheduled to automatically renew on Dec 1, 2008. Two weeks prior to that time, I went to the web site with the intent to set my account to NOT renew. When on that web page, it was clearly stated that I could renew (12 months) for 9.95. I decided to let it renew. When I received my Visa statement, I saw Classmates.com had charged me 39.00 for the renewal. I've already attempted to clear the matter with their Member Service dept with no success. They simply told me that this charge is non-refundable and I agreed to automatic renewal. This is not the amount I agreed to when I renewed membership. I have copies of my Email correspondence with them.

Esmon of Orange City, FL January 2, 2009

Esmon of Orange City FL (01/02/09)
Classmates charged my credit card 15.00....I never gave them my credit card number..where did they get it? be sides they said it was free.

Mariaelena of Flushing, NY January 2, 2009

Mariaelena of Flushing NY (01/02/09)
I never wanted to be on classmates. i want to be removed.now

Jim of Lethbridge, AB January 1, 2009

Jim of Lethbridge AB (01/01/09)
I have a regular (free) classmates.com account. Last week, for the first time ever, I got email stating that someone had signed my guestbook. But the name of the person was glossed over in the email. They claimed that if I paid for a Gold subscription (19.99) I could view my guestbook. Like a sucker, I did it. The name in my guestbook was of someone I'd never heard of. I sent that person email to find out who they were and never heard back.

Two days later I got another signee. I'd never heard of this woman either but noticed that she was from my old high school (although she graduated 6 years before I was even born!) and that she had similar interests to me. I wrote to her to ask who she was and if she'd signed my guestbook. She wrote back immediately to say that she did not and that she'd never heard of me either.

This is obviously a huge scam, where classmates.com just fudges almost-random names into your guestbook in order to get you to pay their fee (and in the further hope that you won't cancel the automatic renewal to your credit card). I'm betting the poor slob who's name they fudged into my guestbook will have to pay to see the email I sent him, asking if he really signed my guestbook. Multiply this self-perpetuating scheme by 40 million suckers and you can see how they make their money!

Clare of Phoenix, AZ December 31, 2008

Clare of Phoenix AZ (12/31/08)
They placed my date of birth in the profile form; I never supplied my date of birth to them. They also set up the auto-renewal with my credit card number on it.

I noticed that another site now had my age information; I have since asked them to remove all of my information from their site.

Joan of Byron Center, MI December 31, 2008

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